UPDATE: Atlanta Police Find Woman Who Told Wendy's Employees She'd Been Kidnapped

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UPDATE: Atlanta Police Investigators have located Ms. LaShonda Marie Cortez, the woman who passed a note that she was being held against her will at a local Wendy’s. She is alive and in good health and was found in the City of Atlanta.

UPDATE: Atlanta police say they have made contact with the man they suspected of kidnapping a woman who left a note for help inside a Wendy’s on Piedmont Road on Monday morning.

According to FOX 5 Atlanta, the man told police he had been friends with alleged kidnapping victim Lashonda Cortez for a few weeks and dropped her off in the North Highlands area after they made a stop at the Wendy’s. What the driver didn’t know is that Cortez left a note with workers inside the Wendy’s which indicated she was being held against her will.

Police added that the driver had been extremely cooperative with investigators and no charges are expected to be filed against him at this time.

The investigation into Cortez’s whereabouts continues.

ORIGINAL STORY: Atlanta police are on the lookout for a woman who told workers at a fast food restaurant near Buckhead that she had been abducted.

According to WSB-TV, the woman walked into the Wendy’s on Piedmont Road on Monday morning, asked for a slip of paper, and wrote a message on the paper that said she had been kidnapped and asked for someone to call 911. After writing the note, the woman left the restaurant and got in a waiting pickup truck, which then drove away.

Police spokesman Ralph Woolfolk told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the note indicated that the woman was being held against her will. Police are considering this incident as a kidnapping until proven otherwise, the AJC reports.

Police told WSB-TV that they’re looking for a white 1997 Ford Ranger with Georgia license plate AZR1028. The suspect is described as a male with long hair who was last seen wearing a green shirt.

Police identified the woman who left the note as Lashonda Marie Cortez during a Tuesday afternoon press conference. Officers are still searching for Cortez and her alleged kidnapper.

If you have any information on this incident, please contact Crime Stoppers Greater Atlanta by calling 404-577-TIPS (8477), texting “CSA Tip” to CRIMES (274637), or by submitting a tip online. All tips can be made anonymously.